After walking for two days, everyone finally walked out of the deep mountains and old forests. Looking at the endless forest in the distance, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They had been running around in the mountains for the past few days, and it was very hard. Fortunately, the result was good. Uncle Linfeng was not in trouble. The trip to the mountains was fruitful. After thanking Uncle Lin and breaking up, the four of them returned to a place near Longtangou. Temporary accommodation.
Uncle Qi and Uncle Linfeng decided to leave first and go home to report that they were safe. After all, although their trip to the mountain was not dangerous, they were still somewhat injured. Aunt Linfeng was not in good health, so they should go back early to avoid worrying her.
Zhou Qiao and Yang Qian planned to play here for a few days first. After a hard time, they might as well take the opportunity to relax and unwind. Both of them are still teenagers and still retain the unique vitality of their age.
Before Uncle Linfeng and Uncle Qi left, they specifically asked them to be careful and pay attention to safety. Zhou Qiao agreed, while Yang Gan patted his chest and assured that it would be fine, and finally watched the two of them go away.
Zhou Qiao and Yang Gan found a nearby secluded place to soak in a hot spring. The hot springs in the Northeast were different from the hot springs in other places with a strong sulfur smell. Instead, they gave people a light fragrance. The two felt very comfortable soaking in the warm water. .
"Brother Zhou, what are your plans next? Are you going back to western Hunan?"
Yang Qian was lying on the edge of the bathtub, enjoying the rare relaxation and comfort with his eyes closed, and asked casually
"Well, I'm going home. It's been a while since I came out." Zhou Qiao replied, leaning against the wall of the bath with his eyes closed.
"Brother Zhou, I can't bear to let you go." Yang Gan opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Qiao with a pitiful tone.
"Eh... can you speak normally? It makes my skin crawl. I'm not your wife, so why are you reluctant..."
Zhou Qiao smiled and pushed Yang Qian
"Hey, brother Zhou, don't be angry. I'm just expressing my reluctance. You also know that I'm quite introverted and not good at words," Yang Qiansan explained with a smile.
"You... introvert, do you have any misunderstanding about the word introvert?" Zhou Qiao rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to him anymore.
Get up, get dressed, grab your things and come out first
As soon as he walked out of the door, a gust of wind blew outside and he suddenly felt chilled all over. Zhou Qiao walked back slowly.
I don’t know when the road at night was filled with fog and hazy
He couldn't see the way ahead clearly, and there was silence all around. The more Zhou Qiao walked, the more strange he felt. Even though his residence was not far from the hot spring pool, he had not arrived yet after walking for more than ten minutes. After walking for a while, the road seemed to have no end. . Zhou Qiao stopped and stood there observing the surroundings. The surroundings were deathly quiet, not even the sound of dogs barking. The heavy fog blocked his sight and could not see anything.
Zhou Qiao thought that he probably encountered the so-called ghosts covering their eyes, also called "ghosts beating the wall". However, ghosts covering their eyes generally occur more often in forests, tombs or places with heavy Yin energy. They use Yin energy to affect people's senses and make people feel uncomfortable. I don’t know the direction, and I can’t get out no matter how I walk.
Therefore, the ancients often called such situations "ghosts hitting the wall"; modern people call them "ghosts covering their eyes".
After thinking about it, Zhou Qiao thought:
The sky is clear and the earth is bright, the yin is turbid and the yang is clear, five or six Yin Zun, go out of the netherworld and enter the underworld, stay in the middle forever, protect the immortals, step on the seven stars, the spiritual light is always there, fearless and fearless, follow my orders, the universe is righteous, miscellaneous Binding is popular, the infinite universe of heaven and earth borrows the Dharma, the Dharma is born from the heart, and is endless. Give me the Dharma Eyes to observe Yin and Yang!
There are generally three ways to open vaginal eyes. The one Zhou Qiao uses now is the first formula.
The second is to apply cow tears on the eyelids.
The third method is to moisten fresh willow leaves with water and apply them on your eyes.
After opening his Yin Eye, Zhou Qiao looked around and found that he was standing in an open field. There seemed to be lights in the distance. Zhou Qiao walked forward. A bustling scene appeared in front of him. There were a lot of people, just like an ancient market with different scenes. From time to time people are setting up stalls here, and there are shouts. There are all kinds of strange and weird things. However, the people who appear here have pale faces and sallow skin, and there are even people with missing arms or broken legs. These people are walking. The posture is weird and they are all floating.
Zhou Qiao's heart skipped a beat, she secretly screamed, "Ghost market" came to her mind.
Ghost markets usually come out alternately day and night, and disappear after rooster crows twice.
Between the intersection of Yin and Yang, a place where the living and the dead trade.
Zhou Qiao didn't dare to make any noise and cause unnecessary trouble. While observing carefully, this ghost market not only had the belongings of dead people but also living things. There were actually stalls and performers. It was really all kinds of weird and varied.
"Come on, come on, the best golden nanmu, the ancient copper coins of the Qin Dynasty are on sale tonight, the prices are fair and you can't be deceived."
A thin man is shouting to attract the attention of customers, but no one is willing to buy his goods.
Zhou Qiao went over and found that the object in the man's hand was indeed golden nanmu. It seemed to be old, not well preserved and had black spots on it.
The man saw Zhou Qiao
"Are you Yang? This is your first time in the ghost market."
Hearing the other party's question, Zhou Qiao nodded and said yes.
"Since this is my first time coming to the ghost market, let's buy some good things to heirloom. My golden nanmu is affordable. Let's see if you like this ancient copper coin." After saying this, the man took out a rusty ancient copper coin and handed it over. To Zhou Qiao.
"Haha, thank you." Zhou Qiao took the bronze coin and looked at it carefully, then asked after a moment, "How to buy it?"
"One hundred RMB, how about it? It's affordable," the man said without thinking.
Zhou Qiao looked at the man in surprise: "You still charge RMB?"
"Of course, your money from the living is better than the money from the dead." The man shrugged.
After Zhou Qiao bought the ancient copper coins, he turned to other stalls. Initially, he was worried about disturbing these ghostly people. After talking to the stall owner, he found out that strangers often come to this ghost market. He doesn't care about strangers coming here, but he hopes that the more strangers there are, the better. This will increase the business of the ghost market.
Zhou Qiao found that there was a stall with various talismans, peach wood swords, Buddhist wooden fish, bodhi seeds and other items. There were also Chenzhou cinnabar and high-quality corpse jade in the corner. He couldn't take his eyes away. Buy all that stuff right now.
"Ahem, how do you sell these things?" Zhou Qiao coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and asked pretending not to understand.
"You can choose one item for three hundred yuan...you can buy it or not," the scrawny, wrinkled old man replied expressionlessly.
Seeing the sinister face of the old man, Zhou Qiao didn't make a counter-offer because he was afraid that it would be hard to talk to him. He silently selected three items (Bodhi seeds, Chenzhou sand, and corpse jade), paid the money, and walked away quietly.
This ghost market only disperses when the rooster crows. It was the first time he came here and he was walking forward aimlessly. Unknowingly, he came to a doorway and looked up to see the three simple characters "Ghost Gate Pass". Hanging high in the air, this ghost gate is the intersection of yin and yang. Only the dead can enter, and it will be very bad for the living if they enter.
Zhou Qiao was about to turn back and leave when he found the door "squeaked...opened". Two figures, one black and one white, walked out, wearing high hats with the words "Peace in the World, Get Rich at First Sight" written on their heads. They were wearing black and white shrouds, There is a token on his waist and a seductive rope tied around his body.
It turns out to be black and white impermanence, white impermanence is called Xie Bian, and black impermanence is called Fan Wujiu.
"Hey... there are actually Yang people coming to hang out in Guimen Pass, they are so brave," Bai Wuchang teased, stroking his mustache. Fan Wujiu glared at him, snorted coldly, and said nothing.
"Two adults, please be polite. Xiao Ke was wandering in the ghost market and got lost and accidentally broke into this place. Please forgive me, two adults." Zhou Qiao quickly clasped his fists and saluted, and said respectfully.
"Well, you are quite sensible. No wonder you can wander around the ghost market. Seeing that you have the aura of corpse evil in your body, you are probably not an ordinary person." Bai Wuchang looked at Zhou Qiao for a few times and said in a gentle tone.
"Xiao Ke works as a corpse exorcist in the human world. He works a lot with corpses, so he has the aura of corpse evil in him." Zhou Qiao replied respectfully.
"Oh? It turns out that you are the corpse chasers in the underworld... No wonder, you don't have to be afraid of us. You are chasing corpses in the underworld, and we are collecting souls in the underworld, so we can be considered half of our colleagues." Xie Bian patted Zhou Qiao on the shoulder and said
"Xiao Ke takes the liberty to ask, are the two adults free tonight? Xiao Ke found a restaurant in the ghost market, and I would like to treat the two adults to a meal to express my apology." Zhou Qiao said with a smile.
"Haha... You kid is quite good at asking for trouble. It doesn't matter. We brothers have a bad appetite recently, so we can go to a restaurant outside to make do with a meal." Bai Wuchang readily agreed, and Hei Wuchang silently acquiesced.
"Thank you two adults for your compliments, Xiao Ke, for leading the way."
Zhou Qiao led the two adults in front, attracting the attention of all the ghosts along the way, but no ghost dared to approach these three.
Zhou Qiao took two adults to a restaurant in the ghost market for dinner. When he saw Zhou Qiao and two adults coming in, he hurried up to greet them and helped pour tea himself!
"Boss, bring the best wine and food in your store. I'll treat you tonight," Zhou Qiao ordered.
"Hey! I'll be here soon, adults, just wait a moment."
Bai Wuchang and Xie Bian were very satisfied with Zhou Qiao's success and couldn't help but smile.
Hei Wuchang Fan Wujiu remains expressionless and unsmiling
Seeing this, Zhou Qiao quickly filled the wine glasses for the two of them.
"Young man is good, I like it." Xie Bian took a sip of wine and praised. Although Hei Wuchang didn't move his chopsticks, he took a sip. Zhou Qiao knew that this was his acquiescence.
"Xiao Ke is new here, I hope you two adults can give me some advice," Zhou Qiao said respectfully.
"Haha... You're a smart kid. You know how to win over our brothers first. It's best for us brothers to talk."
"You don't dare"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Let's go out to have a meal tonight and not talk about official business." Fan Wujiu finally spoke up.
"Brother, don't scare this child," Bai Wuchang tried to dissuade him.
"You are kind-hearted"
Fan Wujiu glared at Bai Wuchang, picked up a piece of pork with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
"This pork tastes good... Hmm," Fan Wujiu said vaguely while chewing the pork.
Zhou Qiao and Bai Wuchang Xie Bian started talking while drinking. Although Hei Wuchang Fan Wuzhuo occasionally responded with his head down as he ate the dishes, he was still immersed in the food most of the time. Occasionally he would drink two glasses of wine, but his drinking capacity was quite high. Not small.
After having a full meal, Zhou Qiao paid the bill and left the restaurant. Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu left first because they had official business. Before leaving, they told Zhou Qiao to come to them if he had any difficulties. He also gave him a token to be free in the future. After entering and exiting the ghost market, Zhou Qiao thanked them repeatedly and sent them off.
Zhou Qiao did not leave the ghost market until rooster crow and dawn. The experience of this night was unimaginable.
